Importance Of The 13th Amendment

The 13th,14th and 15th amendment are important because they are known as the civil war amendments and were made to ensure equality to african americans. 13th amendment is probably the most important because it ended slavery in any part of the United States. The 14th amendment was also pretty important because it stated that anyone born in the U.S are legal citizens. 15th amendment is still important because it gave African Americans the right to vote.

The 13th amendment is probably the most important out of these 3 because it is the abolishment of slavery which was the biggest problem back then for African Americans. From 1865 to 1877 was the period of Reconstruction during this time the 13th 14th and 15th amendment were created. The 13th amendment “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction”. After the 13th …show more content…
Again with all that is happening this year with our controversial presidential election it is important to have our own opinion on how the government operates. Many argued that the things Trump was saying were offensive and outrageous. For example my mom was telling me “How could someone have the courage to say those things on live tv.” I was looking at videos the day after and it really did surprise me how he was planning to build a “wall” along the border to keep immigrants out of the country. This idea trump has ties to the fact of the 15th amendment were as everyone has the right to vote on Trump being the president. Im currently not 18 yet but once I do turn 18 the right to have an opinion on who is put in office will matter to me later on. Overall the importance of the 15th amendment is the ability for any race to be able to vote on who they want in the